Vacancies in Nairobi Hospital, Kenya

The Nairobi Hospital, a
leading health care institution in Eastern Africa has excellent career
opportunities for individuals who possess a passion for excellence, strong work
ethic, results oriented and committed to continuous improvement. The successful
candidates will be team players with the ability to effectively add value to
enabling good patient outcomes and shape best clinical and non-clinical
practice in line with our Strategic Plan (2019-2024).

Reporting to Head of ICT
the successful candidate will be responsible for designing and development of
advanced software solutions, provide high levels of system support including
interpretation and articulation of business needs, and demonstrate competency
in providing business solutions in line with the Hospital’s technology needs.

SYSTEM DEVELOPER  REF: TNH/HRD/SD/10/21

Responsibilities

• Design and develop programming
  systems making specific determinations about system performance as well as
  respond promptly and professionally to bug


• Review and repair legacy code
  including conducting system analysis and development in order to keep the
  Hospital’s systems current with changing


• Analyse,
  design, coordinate and supervise the development of software systems to
  form a basis for the solution of information processing


• Analyse
  system specifications and translate system requirements to task


• Analyse
  current programs including performance, diagnosis and troubleshooting of
  problem programs, and designing solutions to problematic


• Develop
  new programs and proofing the program to develop needed changes to assure
  production of a quality


• Development
  of new programs analyse current programs, processes, and making
  recommendations, which yield a more cost effective


• Writes,
  edits, and debugs new computer programs for assigned projects, including
  necessary records and desired


• Demonstrate
  commitment to excellence in designing, coding, testing, debugging,
  configuring, and documenting software and operate effectively in a
  dynamic, multi-tasking


• Effectively
  estimate project work and communicate issues and risks that might impact
  development timeline, budget or 


• Consistently apply generally
  accepted programming standards and techniques to assure efficient program
  logic and data


• Implement new software


• Tests new programs to ensure
  that logic and syntax are correct, and that program results are accurate;
  assists lower-level programmers with programming


• Evaluate and identify new
  technologies for


• Evaluate, recommend and select
  3rd party components which will make the development life cycle shorter
  and more


• Consistently deliver projects
  on time and on


• Collaborate with out-sourcing
  vendors and staff to complete development


• Maintain software


• Performance tuning,
  improvement, balancing, usability,


• Support, maintain and document
  software functionality; and


• Any other responsibilities that
  may be assigned to the jobholder by the supervisor from time to

Qualifications

• Bachelor
  of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or any other
  related field from a recognized


• Certification
  in software development and


• Minimum
  of 3 years’ ICT experience

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Project
  management


• Ability
  to lead, influence and drive change initiatives in support of business
  strategies within the department/unit.


• Demonstrates
  proficient knowledge and utilization of engineering tools necessary for
  successful performance of the essential functions of this job


• Must
  demonstrate proficiency and possess experience necessary to develop
  moderately complex software in C, C++, C#, Java, assembly language, or
  other selected


• Demonstrates
  mastery of relevant software engineering tools (configuration management
  systems, build processes, debuggers, emulators, simulators and logic
  analyzers).


• Must
  demonstrate proficient ability to capture and document software


• Experience
  in all areas of the Software Development: including designing, coding,
  testing, debugging, configuring, and documenting


• Excellent
  understanding of project estimating, and ability to communicate issues and
  risks that might impact development timeline, budget or


• Ability
  to work on multiple projects


• Experience
  designing modules for Content Management Systems, particularly for
  responsive web pages where content areas must dynamically


• Leadership
  and people management including performance management, coaching &


• Demonstrated
  business acumen – able to create HR strategy and actions that impact
  business


• High-level
  interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including ability to build
  consensus, alliances and collaborative relationships with sensitivity to
  diversity/inclusion.


• Creativity
  and innovation skills, with ability to use technology and other modern
  tools to drive decision making and


• Professionalism
  and integrity in line with the Hospital


• High-level
  oral and written communication


• Critical
  and analytical thinking and problem-solving skills


• Personal
  motivation and drive exhibited through commitment to hard work, continuous
  improvement and achievement of


• Good
  customer relationship management skills (internal and external customers)

 

ICT OFFICER
-INFRASTRUCTURE REF: TNH/HRD/CTI/10/21

Reporting to Head of
ICT, the successful candidate will be responsible for designing, remodeling,
expansion, and relocation of ICT infrastructure projects from concept to
completion in order to create an efficient and aesthetic workplace.

Responsibilities

• Ensure
  optimal performance of all infrastructure and communication equipment to
  ensure optimal operation across the Hospital. 


• Conduct
  research and make recommendations on new hardware (Printers, Desktops,
  laptops, and associated peripherals), network products, services,
  protocols, and standards. Provide reports to Management, with
  recommendations and plans for correcting any hardware


• Ensure
  effectiveness of workstations, including e-mail, print, and their OS and
  software. Responsible for Microsoft


• Handle
  user hardware requests, ensuring fulfilment of the same as per internal


• Manage
  security solutions, e., anti-virus solutions, and intrusion prevention
  systems, among others. Perform periodic reviews of ICT endpoint security
  controls.


• Verify
  user needs and coordinate procurement process for ICT and related Ensure
  effective management of IT assets and related documentation.


• Manage
  windows domain administration including on premise and cloud-based


• Construct,
  install, and test customized configurations based on various platforms and
  operating systems


• Plan
  and coordinate installation of hardware and software across the
  organization’s


• Enforce
  compliance and regulation by ensuring all vendors and meet their specific


• Monitor
  ICT Infrastructure to ensure availability and reliability to support
  business Establish SLA with end users and provide them with support and
  training in LAN admin and usage.


• Test
  server performance and provide performance statistics and reports


• Maintain
  up-to-date knowledge of hardware and equipment contracts and supervise
  contract-


• based
  engagements.


• Any
  other responsibilities that may be assigned to the job holder by the
  supervisor from time to time

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s
  degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information
  System, Software Engineering or any other equivalent


• Professional
  ICT qualifications such as ITIL, CCNA, MCSE or Virtualization
  (VMware)  will be an added


• Minimum
  of 3 years’ experience in IT Infrastructure environment

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Excellent
  Knowledge of current protocols and standards including active directory,
  Group Policies, MS Exchange, Core Switching and Routing, SAN Virtualization


• Hands-on
  hardware troubleshooting


• Good
  understanding of perimeter and endpoint security management and email


• Leadership
  and organizational skills


• Excellent
  analytical and problem-solving


• Good
  communication


• Attention
  to detail


• Planning
  and organizing skills


• Communication
  skills


• Team
  working skills


• Accountability


• Integrity


• Confidentiality

How to Apply

If your background,
experience, and competence match the above specifications, please send us your
application (cover letter & CV/Resume in PDF format) quoting the job
reference number, your current remuneration, testimonials, and full contact
details of 3 referees, to reach the undersigned not later than 1st November 2021.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We shall ONLY accept ONLINE applications
and contact SHORTLISTED candidates.

The Nairobi Hospital does NOT charge recruitment fees.

 Head of Human Resources

The Nairobi Hospital

P.O. Box 30026 – 00100

NAIROBI

Email: recruitment@nbihosp.org